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School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)

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Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 035

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    with them had to be led over South running water with a donkey's bridle round his or her neck three times on three days after each other.Another cure for the mumps was to rub the person's face to a "pigcro"door and say"ump,ump,pigs take the mumps"
    The cure for a burn was to lick a mankeeper.
    The cure for warts was to go to the wartstone and to rub the warts on the stone.There is supposed to be a wartstone at Clenamully.
    The cure for ringworm is to be got off Peter Maguire,Dromloo.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Boylan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Hugh Rooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scotstown, Co. Monaghan